A numerical and experimental analysis of unbonded brickwork panels laterally loaded

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2093-2106

  Zuccarello, F A ^a   Milani, G ^b   Olivito, R S ^a   Tralli, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimentation; FE limit analysis; Homogenization; Masonry; Out of plane loads

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATIONS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EXPERIMENTATION; FE LIMIT ANALYSIS; HOMOGENIZATION; MASONRY; OUT-OF-PLANE LOADS;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 59649118912     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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